Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Southwell Union, Nottinghamshire, 1861
In 1861, the Poor Law Board published a return of the name every adult pauper who had been a workhouse inmate for a continuous period of five years or more, together with the duration of their residence (in years and months), the reason for it, and whether they had been brought up in a District or separate Workhouse School. It was noted that the term 'District School' had been widely misinterpreted by respondents as meaning any school in the local area, such as a national or private school, and that there was only one instance in the whole report of an inmate actually having been in such a school.
| Name | Yrs | ms. | Reason | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henrietta Aram | 10 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| James Barnes | 28 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| Thomas Harvey | 9 | 0 | Paralyzed | no. |
| Richard Renshaw | 10 | 0 | Ruptured | no. |
| Fanny Hall | 24 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Elizabeth Clark | 24 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Susan Elvidge | 24 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| George Doubleday | 6 | 0 | Paralyzed | no. |
| Sarah Briggs | 5 | 0 | Illegitimate children to maintain | no. |
| Mary Ellis | 12 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Elizabeth Driver | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Sarah Ward | 18 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| Ellen Newstead | 18 | 0 | Paralyzed | no. |
| Matilda Mellors | 6 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| Elizabeth Potter | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Elizabeth Rhodes | 10 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
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